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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 20, 2007Morrison County, Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2007, 1:14 PM CDT for Morrison County, Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2007, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2007, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 201814
SVRMPX
MNC097-145-153-201915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0366.070920T1814Z-070920T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
114 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 112 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10   
  MILES NORTH OF   ALBANY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE    
  FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLDINGFORD...
  ELMDALE...
  SOBIESKI...
  BOWLES...
  BOWLUS...
  OPOLE...
  ROYALTON...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 4582 9429 4582 9435 4579 9431 4579 9429
      4563 9430 4558 9513 4593 9514 4595 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 258DEG 36KT 4577 9457

$$

LS/MDB
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 201846
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
143 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007

MNC097-145-153-201915-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-070920T1915Z/
TODD MN-MORRISON MN-STEARNS MN-
143 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR STEARNS...MORRISON AND TODD COUNTIES...

AT 141 PM CDT...THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SAUK CENTER 
WITH THIS STORM.

AT 139 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED NEAR 
PLEASANT BEACH...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF SAUK CENTRE...AND MOVING 
EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PLEASANT BEACH...OPOLE...NORTH
SHORE...LITTLE SAUK...BOWLES...WEST UNION...UPSALA...SWANVILLE...ST
ROSA AND SOBIESKI.

LAT...LON 4582 9429 4582 9435 4579 9431 4579 9429
      4563 9430 4558 9513 4593 9514 4595 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 252DEG 29KT 4578 9469

$$

LS
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 201914
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
214 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007

MNC097-145-153-201924-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-070920T1915Z/
TODD MN-MORRISON MN-STEARNS MN-
214 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEARNS...MORRISON AND TODD
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 215 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 
DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL 
WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4582 9429 4582 9435 4579 9431 4579 9429
      4563 9430 4558 9513 4593 9514 4595 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 252DEG 29KT 4586 9435

$$

LS/MDB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine42 min
Sep 20, 8:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine34 min
Sep 20, 8:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle39 min
Sep 20, 8:43 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine47 min
Sep 20, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift61 min
Sep 20, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift31 min
Sep 20, 10:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift47 min
Sep 20, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift46 min
Sep 20, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift44 min
Sep 20, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift59 min
Sep 20, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi38 min
Sep 20, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope64 min
Sep 20, 1:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXAnoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 23 more18 hr
Sep 20, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright27 min
Sep 20, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison54 min
Sep 20, 2:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd6 hr
Sep 20, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns25 min
Sep 20, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne33 min
Sep 20, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville46 min
Sep 20, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison58 min
Sep 20, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne33 min
Sep 20, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti16 min
Sep 20, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison63 min
Sep 20, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker47 min
Sep 20, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs35 min
Sep 20, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs25 min
Sep 20, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker47 min
Sep 20, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright63 min
Sep 20, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin53 min
Sep 20, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Scott60 min
Sep 20, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXHennepin, Scott31 min
Sep 20, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin29 min
Sep 20, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington53 min
Sep 20, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright34 min
Sep 20, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Washington31 min
Sep 20, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin60 min
Sep 20, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.